Jesus’ “Instruction for Teachers and Believers,” from the Decapolis Tour, includes this intriguing statement: “Increasing happiness is always the experience of all who are certain about God.” (159:3.10) He was putting forward the message that the religion of the spirit is joyful and characterized by good humor, but this possibility of “increasing happiness” speaks to the heart of our human condition. Happiness can often seem elusive and fraught with psychological and emotional issues.
In this episode of Study Group, we’ll be looking at passages that explain how the “certainty” of our companionship with God, when combined with determination to achieve worthy goals, establishes ideal conditions for happiness to grow. Avoiding isolation and responding to the needs of others are additional keys to happiness.
Realizing Our True Potential
“Realization” can refer to either a breakthrough in understanding or to making something real. In this episode of Study Group, we explore our potential for growth and achievement from a perspective that combines both of these meanings. Our participation in the flow of reality from potentials to actuals is an engagement that connects our inner life with tangible results in our personal growth and in the outer world.
“Every human decision not only actualizes a new reality in human experience but also opens up a new capacity for human growth.” (115:3.16) New actuals create new potentials, in both meaning and value. Lao-tse understood the cosmic significance of this growth process, and recognized that it is harmonized and unified by the “spirit of divinity.” (94:6.3) Because the I AM — the Original — is the source of both Potentials and Actuals, not only in the cosmos, but within ourselves, there can be no limit to our developmental progress. (115:3.16)
Our decisions and actions make all of this possible, and we learn how the smile of Jesus can inspire and uplift our hearts with “profound self-confidence and robust courage.” (171:7.6) This sort of encouragement is something we can also offer to each other, as we work to discover and create the unique contributions that we each have to offer. -CT
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This week we welcome long time Urantia Book Student Michael Hill. Michael is a teacher, a farmer, a minister,and a faithful steward of the revelation. He has been busy sharing the Urantia Book with many diverse groups of people. One of Michael's intrigiung works is his outreach to prisons within the Unites States. He has been getting the Urantia book to and facillicating study for incarcerated people who are desperately seeking truth. He and his team do great work and feel they are "priviledged to do so." Join us as we get to know Michael more and learn about his wonderful stories of good cheer from sharing the revelation on this planet for multiple decades.
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